diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/proot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/proot/default.nix
index 5d65267311f..640750b4f2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/proot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/proot/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, talloc, docutils
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
+, talloc, docutils
 , enableStatic ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch { # debian patch for aarch64 build
+      sha256 = "18milpzjkbfy5ab789ia3m4pyjyr9mfzbw6kbjhkj4vx9jc39svv";
+      url = "https://sources.debian.net/data/main/p/proot/5.1.0-1.2/debian/patches/arm64.patch";
+    })
+  ];
+
   preBuild = stdenv.lib.optionalString enableStatic ''
     export LDFLAGS="-static"
   '';
@@ -38,6 +46,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "User-space implementation of chroot, mount --bind and binfmt_misc";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ianwookim nckx ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ianwookim nckx makefu ];
   };
 }